Unit of Learning 
 

Theme: Sense of Place 

Scenario: Introduction to print through relief printing with collograph and clay to create a communal mural to represent the importance of sensory ideology for the student population at Sandymount school.  

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Aim of Unit of Learning: Each student is to create an individual ceramic or collagraphic leaf to be a component in a school mural that will represent the importance of sensory ideology and a sense of place in their school community. Through consideration of texture, colour,  pattern and composition.

Learning Outcomes

• Look at, enjoy and make a personal response to a range of familiar and unfamiliar objects and images in the environment, focusing on their visual attributes.

• Explore and begin to develop sensitivity to qualities of, shape, colour , texture, pattern and rhythm, spatial organisation and the three-dimensional quality of form.

• Express ideas, feelings and experiences in visual form and with imagination, enjoyment and a sense of fulfilment.

• Experiment in spontaneous, imaginative and increasingly structured ways. with a range of art materials, including pencils, paints, crayons, chalks, markers, inks, clay, fabric and fibre, and construction materials.

• Explore the expressive and design possibilities of the materials within a range of two and three-dimensional media, including drawing, paint and colour, print, clay, construction, fabric and fibre.

• Apply skills and techniques, demonstrating increasing sensitivity to the visual elements in his/her art work.

• Look with curiosity and openness at the work of a wide range of artists and craftspeople.

• Explore atmosphere, content and impact in the work of artists, especially when they relate to his/her own work.

• Identify a variety of visual arts media and describe some of the creative processes involved, in their own new way. If it be verbal or through expression.

• Develop an ability to identify and discuss what he/she considers the most important Art/ design elements of individual pieces, especially when they relate to work in hand or through the senses. 

• Discuss the preferred Art/ design elements in his/her work and in the work of classmates.

• Begin to appreciate the context in which great art and artefacts are created and the culture from which they grow.

• Respond to visual arts experiences in a variety of imaginative ways.

• Use appropriate language, expression in responding to visual arts experiences.

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Reflection

Overall the planning for this experience was helpful, however we couldn't complete it due to covid restrictions. It opened up my mind to the different learning styles and how to cater better towards them. I've made a more conscious effort too differentiate the learning in mainstream schools so as to target each individual learner